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Saturday, November 24, 2012

2013 Mount TBR Reading Challenge

As I mentioned last year, I am a bookaholic. I can't let a bookstore (used or new, it doesn't matter) go by
without stopping in ("just to look") and walking out with at least
something--if not an armload. I wait all year for the Red Cross Book
Sale in October so I can cart them out by the bagful. And, well, that
means that I wind up with gigantic piles of TBR books stacked up around
my backroom. I don't have a TBR shelf. Oh, no. I have "Mount
TBR"...actually a whole mountain range.And it doesn't matter that I've just spent the last year working on my mountain range with the Mount TBR Reading Challenge. They just keep on sprouting up.

So, once again, I plan to concentrate on
reading primarily from my own books this year. And you're invited to
join me in knocking out some of those books that have been waiting in
the wings for weeks....months...even years.

And the rules:*Once you choose your challenge level, you are locked in for at least
that many books. If you find that you're on a mountain-climbing roll
and want to tackle a taller mountain, then you are certainly welcome to
upgrade.

*Challenge runs from January 1 to December 31, 2013.

*You may sign up anytime from now until November 30th, 2013.

*Books
must be owned by you prior to January 1, 2013. No ARCs (none), no
library books. No rereads. [To clarify--based on a question raised last year--the
intention is to reduce the stack of books that you have bought for
yourself or received as presents {birthday, Christmas, "just because,"
etc.}. Audiobooks and E-books may count if they are yours and they are one of your
primary sources of backlogged books.]

*You may count any "currently reading" book that you begin prior to January 1--provided that you had 50% or more of the book left to finish in 2013. I will trust you all on that.

*Books may be used to count for other challenges as well.

*Feel free to submit your list in advance (as incentive to really get those books taken care of) or to tally them as you climb.

*A blog and reviews are not necessary to participate. If you have a blog, then please post a challenge sign up and link THAT post (not your home page) into the linky below.
Non-bloggers, please leave a comment declaring your challenge
level--OR, if you are a member of Goodreads, I will once again put together a
group for the challenge there. Feel free to sign up HERE. And, finally, I am contemplating a review tracker for this year. I will post a link if that works out. ***UPDATE: Review may now be posted at links found at Review Headquarters (click link).

61 comments:

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Whoohoo! I'm definitely in, but I've got to do some planning and counting. More than likely I'll be in at the Mt. Vancouver level again this year (even with the increase :-D).

And as I mentioned earlier, I may use the 2013 challenge solely for physical books I have on my shelf! That's the one upside of the Kindle - I haven't even approached having to think about running out of space, but my bookshelf is definitely lacking space.

I definitely agree! There's also something to be said about used bookstores and the physical books in general being more discounted. I just love the kindle for when I travel and for my really long commutes.

I'm definitely in!! I can at the very least aim for Pike's Peak. With my hefty teaching schedule for 2013, I get scared promising myself too much. But I acquired some delicious titles in 2012 that have not been read.

Thanks Bev for letting me know about the sign up page. I published my post and then noticed that you'd adjusted the levels - so I've edited it and this is now the link to my Mount TBR Challenge. I'm aiming for Mt Ararat.

Yay! I signed up for Mount Blanc last year (for 2012) and easily cruised past it. I'm going for Mount Blanc again because it's achievable for me and when I go past it I feel like I've done really really well. ;)

I don't have a post up about next year's challenges yet but I will soon.

Hi, I've been looking up reading challenges and would like to try yours. I have at least 25 books I bough this year and would like to try for Mount Blanc. I never tried any of these challenges before and have just enough for this level, so I want to start slow.Thanks,Jamie

We have decided to go for the Mt. Kilimanjaro level. I think if I add any more books to my apartment I will be falling through the ceiling onto the people below. This challenge is very much needed. If it all goes to plan I will be reading the level specified and more.

Some of the authors I am visiting this year are:

Stephen KingChris D’LaceyKate MossMiranda Lo

We will post our book list in the next few days please keep an eye out for it!

I just linked my sign-up post and am looking forward to starting this challenge! I only committed to Pikes Peak because I'm pretty sure I can handle that, and I want to be successful for my first year participating. Hopefully I'll be able to read more, though! Thanks for hosting!

I'm in! I'm signing up under level Pikes Peak for now. If I read more TBR's, I'll adjust the level accordingly. I put the challenge on Pinterest, because my blog is currently under creative review, lol.

This is the first reading challenge I've ever signed up for, so I'm kind of excited. I'm being a little ambitious and shooting for Everest, but only because you're allowing ebooks and audio books (I hope audiobooks of the podcast variety count because I have subscribed to several). I also have about 125 kindle books downloaded and waiting. I'd like to donate most of my physical books by the end of 2013. Thanks!

This will be attempt number 2 at this challenge. I failed at the 2012 one. And this year, I decided to try for more books from Mount TBR. I'm determined to complete this challenge and tackle mount tbr.

Sorry, I'm late for signing up, but been busy the last few weeks, and also I am cutting back on my challenges for 2013 to try and read some of my TBR pile this year. However, I decided to join this one again this year. I'm doing good, this is only number 3 challenge for 2013.

I'll take your Mount Blanc challenge... actually, I'm already participating in the Deliberate Reader's challenge, so this just fits right in. I'd love to link back to your challenge from my blog post (http://bit.ly/TKYVsz), but I didn't see the code for your button anywhere. Did I miss it?

I'm game (again) for this, although I did kind of blow it last year due to losing sight in my left eye right after I'd piled up more books to hit the Everest mark. Consequently this year will be made up primarily of audiobooks, I think, and some ebooks, although I'll get some dead trees in there as well.

And I'll cut right to the chase and start at Everest. Time to list 'em on my LJ, and possibly on Goodreads as well. :)

Wasnt sure where to post my TBR tally for January but i managed 9 books =D Please click on this link for my reviews: http://read2review.com/events-reading-group/current-events/2013-mount-tbr-reading-challenge/

Been meaning to do this for a while. Finally put it up. A bit late, but I am thankful you did not set a deadline to let those of us latecomers (a.k.a. people busy with other things) participate. Looking forward to also seeing what others read.

Just realised I have passed the Mt Arrat mark so am upgrading to Mt Kilimanjara if that's okay - left Pikes Peak way behind:) - working out what I still have to read for my other challenges I should just reach 60 by end of year and hopefully have reduced pile - although. . .although - I have been buying books all the time - so by next year will prob be the same pile to read through:)